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In this episode, I’m going to talk about:

• When does a SwiftUI Environment get retained?
• Animated Launch Screen in SwiftUI
• A Guided Tour for SwiftUI ForEach Structure
• What is the difference between List and ForEach in SwiftUI
• How Does Swift Concurrency Prevents Thread Explosions?
• Building custom layout in SwiftUI. Basics
• Using SwiftUI Effects Library: How to Add Particle Effects to iOS
•  AppsIntroducing - Swift cheatsheet - The.Swift.Dev.

This episode is something special. According to the stats of my podcast hosting provider, this is my 200th episode. And what a ride I had between this episode and my previous one. My last episode was published two and a half weeks ago. And a lot of things happened since then.

• I was still preparing for Do iOS on November 3 and 4.
• Had a weekend I kept going over my notes for Do iOS.
• Then the Do iOS workshop started with Daniel Steinberg and I was collecting and bringing some of the material we needed for Do iOS to Amsterdam. For lunch, I stopped at the workshop to check in on things and talk to a few people to get the vibe of the crowd at the workshop. It was pretty good.
• Then it was November 8. Do iOS day. I was the stage host the entire day, but we started with onboarding everyone at the door. I spoke a few words with all attendees at registration. Then an entire day of talks, making sure catering was taken care of, taking care of little issues. And making sure we kept a good pace. At the end we had a nice social drink with all attendees and a typical small Dutch snack.
• Evening of the first conf day, we had a sort of casual diner, and it got a bit out of hand. We raided a restaurant and stressed out kitchen staff with such a big unannounced group. We smoothed this one over by indicating to prioritize other tables and to serve all my guest's food when ready. So we all ate a bit out of band with each other, but it actually allowed for people to listen for a while when they were eating.
• The second conf day came quickly, I slept in the hotel, so travel was a nonissue. After breakfast, we had to start up the room and get ready for all attendees again. Since we badged everyone, this was a much easier thing compared to the day before. The day went quickly, and before we knew it, we were sending people off again with a big farewell.
• The next 4 days after the conf I can't remember anymore what I did. My notes tell me they were all useful things. But after such an intense set of days, I needed time to catch my breath again. But soon had to close up the bookkeeping of Do iOS. It had a small positive financial result, exactly as intended.
• Meanwhile, the whole Twitter thing unfolded, so I've been taking a long hard look at Mastodon, and I think it is starting to grow on me. Initially, it was all so similar but strange to me, I couldn't make heads or tails out of it. But I think there is some true value in there. So I am curious to find out what Mastodon will be to my online circle a couple of months from now. If you want to find me, search for 

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